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Publisher: Grove Press

Author: Claire Keegan

ISBN: 9780802158741

Fiction

Small Things Like These by
Claire Keegan

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$ 500.00 mxn

Small Things Like These by

Claire Keegan

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"An Irishman uncovers abuse at a Magdalen laundry in this compact and gripping novel....Keegan, a prizewinning Irish short story writer, says a great deal in very few words to extraordinary effect in this short novel. Despite the brevity of the text, Furlong's emotional state is fully rendered and deeply affecting. Keegan also carefully crafts a web of complicity around the convent's activities that is believably mundane and all the more chilling for it...A stunning feat of storytelling and moral clarity."

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Summary

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

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